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    Xbox one designed with marketing in mind

    in Gamers Hangout

    Posted · Edited by koganstyle

    Microsoft X-box is basically an PC gaming engine. PC games are mostly FPS. You are all right if thier was no X-box then we would not see all the shooter crap. And all would be right. Because of this Shadowrun got ruined on the 360. To make things worst the X-box itself kinda defeated itself with cross-platforming. Were some games could play online. Look at Perfect Dark Zero. The thing is an utter mess. Everything on the X-box and so forth Microsoft is pure crap and otherwise would have benifited from being on an Nintendo, Sega, or Sony console. X-box is the crap box.

     

    I can't say I totally agree with this, but I don't like military advertising in the movie section when I haven't viewed any war movies on my console. I'm just not going to buy a next gen console till my 360 breaks

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    Curiosity about Windows 7 image and SATA emulation on Controllers

    in Windows 7

    Posted · Edited by koganstyle

    The scenario goes like this,

    I had a computer that had windows 7 installed and recently we purchased a new computer which I used imagex and the Windows AIK to make an image of and apply to the new machine.

    The first PC was a Dell Vostro 200 and the new machine was a HP EliteOne 800 G1 SFF

    After applying the image to the new PC, it would not boot. So I went exploring in the BIOS and found a settings BIOS Sata emulation IDE/AHCI/RAID

    I changed the Sata emulation on the 800 G1 from AHCI to IDE and it booted

    Has anyone experienced this kind of behaviour before or am I just taking crazy pills ?

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    Create Windows 8 installation disk from PC.

    in Unattended Windows 8/Server 2012

    Posted

    The easy short way is to download the ISO but that requires a retail key, talked about here

     

    http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/162319-win-7-iso/

     

    The more complicated way is to download the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) for Windows 8 and use the dism to make an image from a PE based boot stick. The key which is usually embedded in the hardware for Windows 8 OEM so in theory you shouldn't need a key.

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    Windows Embedded Standard 2009 General Question

    in Windows XP

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    I have a gang of stubborn applications that need a Windows XP environment and I thought this would be the best way to continue having them patched.

     

    What is the best way to run a gang of stubborn applications that need a Windows XP environment, while having them patched?

     

    The OP's transverse question seems to me to be equivalent to your unasked question #3, and both seem to me to be improperly phrased, because both the adoption of WES 2009, or the spoofing of it, will, at most, accomplish the OS continuing to be patched... but neither can possibly keep  *"them"*  getting patched!!! However, everybody here (me included) seems to have concluded that the OP really-really meant "the best way to having the OS continue to be patched", so that, if so, question #3 has actually been asked.

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    Holy Crap!  Just answer the poor guy's question.  Talk about semantics.  I cannot believe the flaming BS I took from you idiots, for stuff just like this, but it's OK if you guys do the same crap.  Man, talk about club mentality.

     

    I think maybe you are overreacting, you have to keep in mind that "IT" people are not the most sensitive types out there and English is the second if not 3rd language of many people on this board....not that I would presume to speak for anyone else. I asked a question and they are used to reading between the lines for the less IT literate...when you analyse a problem and feel like you don't have all the information then that can become frustrating...I am HAL I ask a simple question and want a simple answer...input and output...but most people will ask a question and expect you to know what they know about the problem and to extrapolate something from there....

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    Connect your PC to the internet and you'll get infected! (on a

    in Malware Prevention and Security

    Posted · Edited by koganstyle

    Its silly to assume that every pc that connects to the internet will get infected LOL, but people used to run port scanners...I remember when I was younger we used to just snoop around the internet trying to log into PC's with administrator and blank password. No intention of doing anything just to see if we could be the next great hackers LOL (until I realised hackers are much smarter than this). I had a machine with windows 2000 on it and It was infected with a virus, I had Norton AV on it just not the XYZ patch that was needed to stop this exploit (I had just connected it to the internet via dialup). I believed someone might have port scanned this PC and then used a virus with an exploit geared to take advantage of my unpatched 2000 setup. I wonder if any of these new tethered smartphones have any kind of firewalling built in ?

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    Windows Embedded Standard 2009 General Question

    in Windows XP

    Posted · Edited by koganstyle

    I was more exploring options as to the best way to continue running an XP environment with a minimal attack surface, I have had a look and started to download the evaluation. I was just curious wether anyone had worked with it in the past and knew the secret knock to the catacombs of knowledge. I have been following the posts about POSready 2009, I wouldn't just post unless I had searched the forums...:-)

     

    It seems like a deadend but I will give it a look, never know what you might discover on a lark...

     

    Thanks you all for your suggestions

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    Windows Embedded Standard 2009 General Question

    in Windows XP

    Posted

    Has anyone got experience with the OS,

     

    http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windows-embedded/archive/2014/02/17/what-does-the-end-of-support-of-windows-xp-mean-for-windows-embedded.aspx

     

    excerpt:

     

    Windows Embedded Standard 2009. This product is an updated release of the toolkit and componentized version of Windows XP. It was originally released in 2008; and Extended Support will end on Jan. 8, 2019.

     

    I have a gang of stubborn applications that need a Windows XP environment and I thought this would be the best way to continue having them patched.

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    Long Term System Stability?

    in Windows 8

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    The most reliable machine I ever came across was a novell netware 3.1 server that had not been rebooted in 8 years LOL. As for windows I’ve never seen a machine that lasts long term, maybe industrial pc's that I’ve setup with a scheduled reboot that no-one uses (Windows 7 by far the best). Windows 8 seems to be slightly better but I don't have enough people running it yet to comment Intelligently. I think a major factor in stability seems to be the structure of the "Windows Profile" as you can see MS has been tinkering around with it for years. I spend a lot of time troubleshoot corrupt windows profiles.

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    Nintendo discontinues Wi-Fi connection service on Wii/DS/DSi

    in Gamers Hangout

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    As a user of mindless games like COD and Assassins Creed and battlefield I cant tell you that the WII platform is immature at best (online, corting the big titles, controllers), you can't sell your brand forever on past success. If the company was run by enthusiasts and not business people they would be reading forums and keeping there finger on the pulse. Can you say Atari..cough...cough...It makes me mad that they let business people ruin these companies. They did a lot of things right also but that doesn't matter if you cant capture the hearts and minds of the mob.

    I didn't call the games mindless. I've only ever played the CoD games, so I guess my reply was a bit judgemental. However, my only intent wax to sum up the videos, and that's what I saw in the videos. I'll bet those games are great to some people. I've played CoD: World at war, and I don't mind it, but it's not my favorite. The Xbox/PS3 appear to be better for battle games. However, out of the 3, the Wii is the youngest, so in my mind it should be supported the longest. I think the Wii should get the internet back so it could be used for what it does best (racing, sports), but if gamers want to play battle games, use another platform. I respect your opinion fully. I was just stating mine.

     

    No offence taken, The wii could do everything and is a super fun platform, i'm considering buying one just so I can play a few games that I miss.

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    Nintendo discontinues Wi-Fi connection service on Wii/DS/DSi

    in Gamers Hangout

    Posted

    As a user of mindless games like COD and Assassins Creed and battlefield I cant tell you that the WII platform is immature at best (online, corting the big titles, controllers), you can't sell your brand forever on past success. If the company was run by enthusiasts and not business people they would be reading forums and keeping there finger on the pulse. Can you say Atari..cough...cough...It makes me mad that they let business people ruin these companies. They did a lot of things right also but that doesn't matter if you cant capture the hearts and minds of the mob.

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    Nintendo discontinues Wi-Fi connection service on Wii/DS/DSi

    in Gamers Hangout

    Posted

    Just look at how much the OUYA got in its kickstarter (yeah I know its dead now) with Nintendo billions behind it and their catalog of games...and loyal followers (I would switch to Nintendo just because I had a nes and loved it, if the platform was solid LOL) one word unstoppable. I believe they can fix it but not with the current management team...another case of Corporate rot, management teams that do nothing and aren't gamers making decisions.....enthusiasm breeds success...

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    Nintendo discontinues Wi-Fi connection service on Wii/DS/DSi

    in Gamers Hangout

    Posted

    Microsoft have a good chunk of the market so they can get away with more ATM, if Nintendo want to make a comeback they need to "think different" just my opinion mind you. open network gaming, solid media centre, external drive support, social media support, implement something like mame, open source it and let the enthusiasts build on the platform....not gonna happen but what a platform that would be.

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    win 7 iso

    in Windows 7

    Posted

     

    Off topic but is there a similar thing for windows 8.1 yet, digital river links I mean ? I have an activation code on my pc just not an ISO or DVD

    NOT "similar", but you can get a 8.1 ISO through this:

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/upgrade-product-key-only

    http://winsupersite.com/windows-8/windows-81-tip-download-windows-81-iso-windows-8-product-key

     

    The only issue AFAIK is that the stupid thingy will download the version that MS finds suitable for the connected machine, i.e. you won't get the x64 version if connected through a machine running 32 bit or viceversa.

     

    jaclaz

     

    Just so you know you need a retail key for this, not a MAK or OEM key. Its annoying that the ISO seems to be protected by sharks with freakin laserbeams on their for foreheads.

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